☕ ANNOUNCING: Therapist Tea — Things I Notice in Therapy ✨
by Anita Sandoval, LPC-S Therapist • Speaker • Founder of EmpowerHer Pathways
May 13, 2026
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After years of sitting with women navigating people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, toxic relationship patterns, self-doubt, and burnout…
I started noticing the same emotional patterns over and over again.
The over-explaining. The guilt. The fear of disappointing others. The losing yourself trying to keep the peace. The ignoring red flags because you want the relationship to work.
So I created a new weekly newsletter: ☕ Therapist Tea: Things I Notice in Therapy
The Confidence Shift That Changes Everything—with Julie DeLucca-Collins
Hi everyone 💜
Thank you for your patience with me.
I know I took a little break, but I am back with a podcast episode that has been sitting with me for a while—and this one feels very personal.
In Part 2 of Stop Waiting to Be Chosen, Julie DeLucca-Collins and I talk about confidence, identity, tiny habits, community, and wh...
Lately, I've been hearing the same thing from women over and over in my therapy office:
"I'm exhausted."
Not sleepy.
Not "I need a nap."
Exhausted.
The kind of tired that doesn't go away after a good night's sleep.
The kind of tired where you're irritated by things that normally wouldn't bother you.
The kind of tired where you find yourself snapping at the people you love and then feeling gui...
And if you're ready, write down these two statements:
"I wish..."
"I accept..."
Notice what comes up.
There may be grief.
There may be relief.
There may be freedom waiting on the other side.
🎵 Listen to My New Song: Illusion
This song was inspired by the very theme we discussed in this newsletter—the grief of letting go of what we hoped would be and finding peace in what is.
I wrote the lyric...
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☕ Therapist Tea: Things I Notice in Therapy
